Pasqal, Thales, Paris Region and GENCI Partner to Explore Planning and Scheduling Applications on...

Creating the optimum plan and schedule for activities such as logistics, air traffic control, industrial automation, resource allocation, disaster recovery assistance, etc. can get very complicated as the number of variables increases. At a certain point the computation becomes too difficult for a classical computer to perform optimally so the data analyst needs to resort to approximation methods which won't provide the best possible answer. This is where quantum computing can help because it can potentially allow the computation of more complex, yet more accurate solutions for these problems. The three-year program will initially use Pasqal's 100+ qubit processor and possible larger ones later on. These processors may be big enough to provide solutions to large problems that are beyond the capability of a classical processor. Thales is a French multi-billion, multi-national technology company and has potential applications that could benefit from this research. The project is funded by the PAck Quantique programme (PAQ), an initiative started in 2020 by Paris Region, GENCI and Le Lab Quantique with a goal of accelerating the development of the quantum industry in the Paris region. Additional information is available in a news release posted on the Pasqal website here.

December 18, 2021